No, Slate Hasn’t Hired Jeb Lund [Updated]

Nearly a year ago, Gawker writer Jeb Lund outed his real identity, having long blogged under the nom-de-plume Mobutu Sese Seko, the infamous Congolese dictator. Another revelation: He was leaving Gawker.

Slate, reportedly to the surprise of some editors, had just lost economics columnist Matt Yglesias to Ezra Klein’s as-yet unnamed venture. Could Lund — whose virtual identity screams of the pre-Facebook Internet randomness and pseudonymity — be the new marquee name at the venerable online magazine?

Not to spoil Lund’s fun — he had some people, including this apparently gullible writer, fooled — but here’s what Slate said when asked if the blogger was joining the site:

Lund’s byline has appeared in a slate of other places, though, including Vice, The New Republic, The Awl and SBNation. And he recently posted on his blog, Et Tu, Mr. Destructo? We look forward to whatever comes next.

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